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November 2024
Schuylkill Haven Headed to District XI Semifinals After Win Over Palisades
November 6, 2024 | Karlee Feger
The Schuylkill Haven Hurricanes opened up their postseason with a victory over the Palisades Pirates, 64-14. Niko Carestia rushed for 313 yards and scored three touchdowns, while his fellow running backs Colton Reber and Niko Castillo added a pair of touchdowns each. Leyden Hertz also scored twice for the Hurricanes. Schuylkill Haven’s Leyden Hertz makes […]
(VIDEO) Muncy Runs Past Canton in District 4 1A Semifinal
November 5, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
1A Muncy raced past District 4 foe Canton for a convincing 56-14 victory. With the win the Indians qualify for the District 4 1A title when they face Line Mountain. Watch the Muncy vs Canton video below for game highlights.
(VIDEO) Williamsport Head Coach Mike Pearson
November 5, 2024 | Lindsey Bennett
PA Football News caught up with Williamsport Millionaire Head Coach Mike Pearson to get a rundown of their season, his amazing coaching journey and a look forward as they prepare to play Wilkes-Barre Friday night for a District title. (Click the link below to see the interview.)
Reynolds Scores In Final Minute To Beat Eisenhower
November 5, 2024 | Shane Lux
Hermitage – Gabriel Minjarez’s 4-yard touchdown run with 34 seconds to play lifted Reynolds to a dramatic 26-21 victory over Eisenhower Saturday afternoon at Hickory High School. Reynolds and Eisenhower have met in the playoffs every year since 2019, but none of those previous contests saw the drama of Saturday afternoon. “It’s not single a […]
Penn State Falls to Ohio State, Again
November 5, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Penn State and Ohio State have played in plenty of marquee matchups, but many believe this is the biggest game in the storied rivalry. The Nittany Lions entered the game with potentially their best chances of dethroning the Buckeyes in decades. The energy at and around Beaver Stadium pregame was unmatched compared to previous big […]
Frankford defeats Mastery Charter North in Public League 5A Championship Game
November 5, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
Frankford Head Coach Damion Brockington jumped for joy as his team was rewarded with the Public League 5A championship plaque. Coach Brock has been the head coach of the Pioneers since 2021 when in his first season as head coach he led the team to a 10-1 season with the lone loss coming at the […]
Farrell Rolls Past Seneca 44-7 Advances To Title Game
November 5, 2024 | Shane Lux
New Wilmington – Farrell scored 29 straight first-half points en route to a 44-7 victory over Seneca Saturday night at Greyhound Stadium. With the win, Farrell advances to the District 10 championship, giving them a chance to win their fourth consecutive title and ninth in the past decade. The Steelers continue their dominance against Class […]
New York Section 6 Playoff update
November 5, 2024 | Josh Hosier
New York Section 6 Playoff update An exciting weekend of football in New York moved the Section 6 teams one step closer to section crowns as all classes have now reached the semifinals. Class AA: Bennett the top seed had a bye but they learned their opponent Friday night when Jamestown defeated Niagara Falls 41-14. […]
Executive Education Stifles Minersville
November 5, 2024 | Cody Brady
Entering tonight’s game, Minersville averaged 40 points per game. Quarterback Dante Carr, who has received an offer from Lehigh, began the night with over 2,800 all-purpose yards on his junior season. But tonight belonged to the Raptors and a suffocating defensive effort that held the Battlin’ Miners in check from the start, as part of […]
Sharpsville completes improbable comeback to win over Mercyhurst Prep.
November 5, 2024 | Josh Hosier
Sharpsville completes improbable comeback rallying from 18 down to win 35-31 over Mercyhurst Prep. The Sharpsville Blue Devils and the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers arrived at Erie’s Veterans field with one goal, advance in the District 10 AA playoffs at any cost. Both teams would demonstrate that effort in the game tonight. Mercyhurst received the opening […]
Executive Education Academy @ Minersville (Photo Gallery)
November 5, 2024 | Ryan Scipio
Executive Education Academy Storms Past Minersville 26-6 (Photo Gallery) Executive Education Academy – 26 Minersville – 6 https://x.com/ScipScip
Emmaus’ Defense Shines in Blowout of Nazareth
November 5, 2024 | Cody Brady
Emmaus expelled copious amounts of energy in Week 10, shutting out archrival Parkland and moving up in the playoff power rankings to host a playoff game. It would’ve been reasonable to expect the emotion let off a bit or an early hangover from last week. Instead, Emmaus channeled that energy and it snowballed into another […]
PFN Pennsylvania high school football rankings, it has begun! Week 11, 2024
November 5, 2024 | Billy Splain
The playoffs got off with a bang, but not much bang in the top ten section. Only two changes made, looks like the rankings team has it nailed down. Here they are! Ranking 6A Record Pvs rank 1 LaSalle (12) 10-0 1 2 St. Joseph’s Prep (12) 6-2 2 3 Imhotep (12) 10-1 3 4 […]
Resiliency and Big Plays by USO Spell Defeat for Punxsutawney
November 5, 2024 | Billy Splain
Resiliency is the ability to bounce back from challenges, adversity or difficult situations. That is exactly what University Prep, also known as USO, did when they defeated the Punxsutawney Chucks 38-26 at Brookville’s Blue Raider field Saturday afternoon in a Class 4A District 8-9 sub-regional game. The USO Wildcats clawed their way back from a […]
Big First Quarter Leads Troy To 63-27 Win Over South Williamsport
November 3, 2024 | Ed Weaver
The Troy Trojans scored five first quarter touchdowns en route to a 63-27 rout of South Williamsport to open the District IV Class 2A playoffs on Friday, November 1.
Northwestern Lehigh gets out of own way, pulls away from Saucon Valley for District XI Playoff Victory
November 2, 2024 | Torey Petruno
New Tripoli- Northwestern opened this year’s playoff season looking forward to another trip to “The Chap” and another crack at state title, but a relentless Saucon Valley defense and slew of self inflicted mistakes and turnovers provided an early playoff test for the 2023 state runner-ups. The evening’s matchup started with Saucon Valley being forced […]
Penn Cambria avenges Central Martinsburg in 3A D6 playoff 33-0 ( Photo Gallery )
November 2, 2024 | Leo Murray
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Bethel Park advances to second round with dominant performance against Latrobe
November 2, 2024 | Ethan Spozarski
On Friday night the Bethel Park Blackhawks defeated the Latrobe WIldcats 42-7 in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Coming into today both teams were looking for their second ever WPIAL titles with Bethel winning theirs in 2008 and Latrobe in 1968. The Blackhawks scored on all, but two of their drives, with both […]
Upper Dublin Soars to Victory Over Unionville 31-21
November 2, 2024 | Michael Pietrangelo
UPPER DUBLIN —Senior running back Jordan Fields came into last night’s matchup with a moderate stat line of 43 carries for 328 yards (7.6 yards per carry) and three touchdowns as Upper Dublin’s primary change of pace back. When your number is called, though, you have to perform. Fields did exactly that on the heels […]
California Upsets Laurel Behind Strong Running Game From Lee Qualk
November 2, 2024 | Garrett Dollin
NEW CASTLE, PA – For most players, 163 rushing yards and 3 total touchdowns would be considered a career game. For Lee Qualk, that’s considered an off-day. California’s game plan heading into Friday’s contest was no secret, run the ball. During the regular season, senior running back Lee Qualk led the entire WPIAL with 200 […]
Abraham Lincoln runs past rival Northeast
November 2, 2024 | Anthony Franklin
The Lincoln Railsplitters entered Friday contest looking to return to their second consecutive Public League championship game. In their way was neighborhood rival who had beaten Lincoln in every game played between 1996 and 2022. In 2023 Lincoln stormed past Northeast in the regular season and then topped them in the public league title game. […]
Freeport gets convincing win over Mt. Pleasant
November 2, 2024 | Andrew Schaffer
Typically 7 versus 10 matchups are good and close but this game was anything but as Freeport ran away with an easy 44-20 win over Mt. Pleasant. Freeport got the ball to start the game. The drive started on their own 22 yard line. On the second play of the game Amos Glenn busted a […]
Wyoming Area gets past Carbondale to advance to the District 2 3A Semifinals
November 2, 2024 | John Kotsko
Coming in, it looked like an even matchup with Carbondale and Wyoming Area sporting big offensive lines and looking to run the football. The Warrior line dominated both sides of the ball as Lidge Kellum who scored three touchdowns in the games first 13 minutes and the defense pitched a shutout as Wyoming Area took […]
Franklin Regional Narrowly Defeats North Hills in 17-16 Thriller
November 2, 2024 | Blake Fuchs
Pittsburgh-A defensive slugfest led to an exciting victory, with lower seed Franklin Regional advancing in the WPIAL 5A playoffs over North Hills. Ah, high school football playoffs. The best of the best compete to win it all, hoping to rise to the top and claim greatness. All is on the line and nothing is […]
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